Machine for operating upon warps.



MACHINE FOB OPERATING UPON mars.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. 1910.

1,064,044, Patsnteii June 10, 1913.

3 SHEETS-SHEET lv T. E. BINGHAM.

MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 28, 1910.

Patented June 10, 1913.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

T. E. BINGHAM.

MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1910.

1,064,044, Patented June 10, 1913.

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Uru rnnsfrATEs 'rnotmis E. BING-HAM, or MANGHESTER, ENGLAND,AssIGNon'rowIowArm n. COLMAN L THER MILLER, Ann HARRY A. snvnnson,COPARTNERS DOING BUSINESS as BAR ER-CQL AnoOMPANY, or ROCKFORD,ILLINoIs.

MACHINE non OPERATING UPON wanes.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

To all whom '15 may concem;

' Be it known that I, THOMAS E. BINGHAM,

I a subject of the 'King of.C-rcat- Britain, re-

siding at Manchester, England, have in: rented certain new and usefulImprovements in Machines for Operating Lpon Warps, of

- wh ic h the following is a specification.

The object of my invention, generally f stated, is toflproduce a simplemachine for '10 operatii ig upon warps-wherein some of the operationsshall be manuallyperformed, and

' wh-ich ma be actuated by the operator.

- Inth-eaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 embodying thefeatures of myinvention, a

looinreed beingomittedj Fig. 2 is a.front elevation of themachine withall ofthe sup ports and the seat for the operator omitted. Fig. 3 'is-ahorizontal sectional view taken in the plane of dotted line 3 3 of Fig.2. Fig.

tion the work is stationarily supported and .4 is 'a fragmental top planview of the supp'orts.f0r the. warps and the reed. Fig. i) is a sideelevation,somewhatdiagrammatiqof the warp supports and the reed support,showingalso the warp-uniting mechanism andthe upper portion of'thesensitive feeler. that. governs the feed movement of the mechanism.

- In the present embodiment of the inventheoperating mechanism isarranged to travel transversely of thework. The warps, the harness andthe reed may be supported a .frame generally similar to that shown inUnited States Patent'No. 955,383, to Howard .D. Colman.

v the new warp 2 is wound.

3 IS a stationary bar across WlllC-ll the new:

1 indicates the loom-beam upon which warp. extends, and is a suitableholding means, such as a tongue clamp, in which the freeend of thenewwarp'is'held, tho po'iltion of the warp extending between the bin:3'- and the clamp lbeing, in this instance, substantially horizontal.

from thejcloth last woven'inftfh eloom, said Patented June 10, 191a.

' Application filed September 28, 1916. Serial No. 584,209.

strip being secured in place many conven -ient. manner, as, forinstance, by being im-..'

paled upon. pins 9 carried by a bar 10, said bar being secured to a rod11 by bracketslQ. The rod- 11 may be slidably mounted in thework-supporting frame in anysuitable way, as, for example, thatillustrated in the (301- man.patenthereinbefore referred to: The

other end. of the section of warp 5 may be held byany preferred means,such as a tongue-clamp 13 forming a part of the worksupporting frame.The harnesses 6 may be suspended in any desired way, as, for ex.- ample,that indicated in said Colman patent.

The reed 7 is herein shown as supported by a channel 14 secured to thepin bar 10, said. channel being arranged to receive the'lower edge-of.the reed. The upper edge of the reed is releasably engaged by clips 15which are pivotally mounted upon the rod 11. The

weft of the fabric 8 bears against the rear side of the reed.

Ihave herein shown the old warp as leased over two rods 16, said rodsbeing releasably held together by means of caps 17 slidden over theirends. Brackets 18 attachedto the pin bar 10 underlie the lease rods inposition to support the ends of the latter. As shown. in Figs. 2 and 5,the two warps liesubstantially parallel and in a horizontalplane.

The warp-uniting mechanism is mounted upon a carriage 19', said carriagebeing provided with wheels 20 arranged to roll upon rails 21 extendingtransversely of the-warps. At the rear end of the carriage 19 is fixed astandard 22 upon the upper end of which is rigidlyimounted athreaduniting mechanism 23. In this instance the uniting mechanism. isarranged'to unite the threads by means .of

knots. Any suitable form of uniting mechar nism may be employed,that-hereinshown heing/similar to the knotter illustrated'in 9'5 UnitedStates Patents Nos. 672,636 and 755,110 issued to Howard D.- Colman. Asindicated in the drawings, the uniting mechanism is supp arted adjacen'tto the horizontal planes of the warps.

The means herein shown for actuating the" uniting mechanism comprises a.linlr- 2 1 pivoted at its upper end to a crank-arm fixed to theactuating sector 26 of the knoti ter. Thelower 'end pf said link.is'pivotally connected to one armof alever 1 2i", which lever ispivotally-'supp0rted{at 28. spring-l upon the ca-ri'iagein a-positionconvenient "tilalpositionp A ioot lever; r treadle-3O is npivotallymounted, upon a shaft 31,..whic'h,

and that when ,treadle the spring 29 restores the knotter-to 29 attachedat one end to, said lever, andat its other end to a point upon thestandard 22, tends 'to rock said lever in the direction to.

restore theknot-tymg mechanism-to. itsini-l shaft is carried in bearingbrackets 32-.fixed to the carriage. One'en'd orithe footlever 3Ounderlies one end oft-he lever 27-. Afseat 33 of anysuitableconstruction maybe placed for the operation of the'machine. It will beseen thatwhen the treadle is depressedby the operator," thefknotter 23will be actuated to unite threads that may be presented to it, theoperator- .releases the itsi'nitial position. j p The selection ofthreads fromthet warps;

'j"-and thepresentation of said threads to the.- knot-tying mechanism,may be accomplished manually by the operator when sea'ted'upon the. seat33, -theforen'iost thread of the 'old" warp being selected with, say,the left hand,

the foremost thread'of thenew. war being selected .with the right hand,'an both:

threads'placed in the knotter with the right hand Y \Vhen selecting thethreads,' tl1e o eratormay-irest hislett hand upon the a ja cent leaserod '16, the brackets 18 being pro--- vided partially'ior the purpose ofsupport-1 ing the weight thus placed on the lease-rod,-

and partially to support the lease rods as the upper warp threads aresevered and tied to the lower warp. threads by the. lmotter.

It will be. apparent from .Fig." 5. thatflthe Work and'the mechanismare'so supported that thereis a clear space :above the war which.renders. manual .selectionot-f e threads possible.

:The selection'ofthe threads and the pre- 'sentationoi the. same to theuniting. mecha nism being manual, it is'desirablethatsaid mechanism beunder theimmedia'te control of the operator; hence I'Ihave, in-this embodiment, provided a knotter adapted for intermittent operation andarranged for -ac tuation by the operator.

' mechanism The meansherein'shown for'moving the carriage. 19' so as" t"carry the knot tying across the warpscomprises, 'a'

I said shaft. being connected by means of agear train 35'with onejof theaxles 'o-f'the carriage 19. 'A '-bell-crank lever 36Jis pivotallymounted upon the sh'aft31, and carries its arms apivoted awl 37aptedv .0 engage the-ratchet whee 34, the

f other and of said bel1 crank-lever'under lying a pin 38 fixed in thefootile'ver 30; A;-

Y spring 39 tends to, rock 'the bell-crank. lever in thedirection togive, the pawl 37 its re storing movement. It" will be seen that inearthe'warps', t

wh'erii the "operator depresses fthe' treadle- 30 the pawl andratchetjwheelqwill-be actuated to traverse the carriage tranversely ofthe warps. c-

r ';.In order' that the feed movement of the carriage shall beproportionate to the rate ported atj41 upon a bracket 42 fixed to thecarriage. Said lever comprises an up wardly-extendingarm or feeler 43arranged to lie in contact with the foremost thread ofthe lower or newwarp; The other arm which the tying of the warps progresses,- I providea' two-arm lever 40 pivotally sup- 44 of; said lever is bent. 1nt0 hookform, as g indlcated in Figs. land 3, to engage the pawl-carrying arm ofthe bell-crank lever 36.""The weight of the bell crank 'lever40 I feeler43sw1-ngs in the'd'irection to maintaln contact ith the lower warp andSodding the hooked end of the arm 44 is withdraw-1'1 from. engagemehtwith the bell-crank lever 36,- whereupon the spring 39 is free to givethe pawl 37a complete restoring movement.- The next depression of thetreadle will cause the pawl to rotate the ratchet wheel 34 and with theforemost thread of the lower warp 1 r thus feed the uniting mechanismtoward the warps. 1 I, may,'if desired, employ a brake or brakes toprevent overrunnmg of the, car

riage. hen all the. threads of one warp have been tied tothe-correspondingthreads' of the other warp, the new warpma-y be drawn'through'th'e harnesseyes by moving the pin bar'10- and the reed-support-14, 15' rear-' .wardly until the knots have passed through the heddleeyes. The reed may then be released from its support'and dra'wn over theknots onto the'new warp. threads. It will,- ofcourse, be understoodthat'thehandling "of the. warps,- lharness' and reed after. the

warps are united may be varied as desired. Th'eapparatus hereindescribed facilitates "the performance of manual'operations upon textileelements, in that it comprises a carriage fortheoperator and meansformovin -gthe carriage to maintain operative re-x latio nbet'ween theoperator and the work,

said-'moving means being pedally actuated so that the operator may" havethe free use of both'han'ds, z I a f I claim .as' --my vcntion:

1. In a warp umting' apparatus, the conibination of warp-unitingmechanism, a car'- 'riage for supporting the 'warp-uniting meoh-'anismiand the. operator; means arr'anged to beactuated -by the operator"'for' actuating I said mechanism? and propelling-j said car riage;,-andmeans fpr'controlling the. raceof traverse-of said carriage to suit theposi-' tion of the threads being united.- '2. a warp-uniting apparatus,the combination of warp-uniting mechanism; a can rlage forsupportmg thewarp nmting mechanism and the operator; at foot-operated le-,

er on said carriage'for actuating said meeh-,

- of the second mentioned lever with said operatin'g mechanism said footlever being.

'anismand propelling said carriage; and 'means operated by the threadsabout to be united for controlling-the rate of traverse ofthef'carria'ge.

. '3. A 'warp-tdn ap aratu's .com rising stationary means supporting thework;

' a knot-tyingn echanism; a carriage for supporting the knot-tyingmechanism and the. operator; mechanism for'interm1ttently operating theknotter; and'carriage-moving means, .said knotter-act-uating means andcarriage-moving means beinglocated upon the carriage and being arrangedfor actuation by the operator. 1 i -'In a machine for operating'nponwarps, stationary means forsupp'orting the work; Operating mechanism;acarriage .for supporting the operating mechanism and the operator; apedal on said earriage;a driving connectionbetween said pedal andtheoperating mechanism; and carriage-moving means'arranged to be driven bysaid pedal.

5. Ina-machine for operating upon warps,

stationary means for supporting the work; operatingmechamsm; 'acarrlagefor 'sup-' arranged-to move said link in onedirection; and meansfor-moving said link in the oppo- "site 'di'rection. 6.1.31 :1 machinefor operatingupon warps; a stationary means for support ng the work;

operating mechanism; a carriage for supporting the operating.meichanismand the operator ;a shaft supported-upon said car'- r age':a'-;toot,.lever p votallysupported upon rosao n 1 a said shaft; adriving connection between said fool lever and said-operating .mecha'IiISm an arm pivotally. supported upon said shaft and arranged to eswungin-one-direction' -by said-'ioo't-lever; means for swinging .saidarm in the opposite direction; a pawl carriedby said arm; aratchet-wheel fixed: upon said" shaft, and arranged to been .gaged bysaid pawl;- and a driving connection between said shaft andsaidcarriage.

I 7.' Ina maohine for operating upon warps, stationary means for.supporting-the work;

4 operating meb anism a carriage for sup} porting the o eratingmechanism' and the operator; pe al actuated carriage-moving meanslooatcd upon said carriage; and a sensitme .feeler supported upon saidcarriage in position to engage-the work and arranged to controlrsaidcarriage-moving. means.

In a'mzftchine for operating upon warps, a olamp 'for supportingone-pend oi'a section of old warp; means-tor supporting the other end ofsaid section'of war a {clamp arranged below the first-mentioned clampfor supporting one'endof anew warp; means cooperating with the; secondmentioned clamp for supporting. a section of the new warpj in a planesubstantially parallel to and 'direot-ly below the-plane'of the oldwarp, the spac'e'abov'e said warps being unobstructed;

operating mechanism; a carriage for su porting theoperating nechanisinand t e operator and pedabac'tuated carriage-mow 'ing means locatedupon" said earriage, and

arranged for actuation by the operator.

- 9. A textile apparatus comprising a warp 'clamp and a rear memberlying in substantially in .the same horizontal plane for supporting-aportion of a new warp with the warp beam behind. and below saidreargnemher, a warp ..cla mp located above the? other warp clamp,forsupporting one end of a sectionlof old warp; and means above and reapivardly' of said -rear member. for {supporting the plot-h end; "of the'section of old warp, whereby portionsor" the warps are disposed insubstantially parallel. planes, one above the other, with a clearspacein frontof the .warpsand abovethe top warp.-

In 'te s'timon I whereofil aifix ny signature presence '0 two witnesses.

, THOMAS .E. BINGHAM.

Witnesses r GEORGE L. GHINDAHL, Josnrrr-R. B'AnsE, Jr.

